Gameplay wise, the games do a pretty good job as fighting games, retaining elements from older DBZ fighting games, while also introducing new elements that would also be later carried in other Dragon Ball Z games these examples include: Transformations, unlike older DBZ fighting games, each form is not treated as it's own character anymore, instead by playing a specific character, you can transform into that form, and you will get stronger (Though your ki meter will drain faster), You can charge you're ki meter, which allows you to fire ki-blasts at you're opponent, and using for special attacks if have enough, and even using ultimate attacks, for higher damage, in addition, in the World Tournament stage, you can ring out you're opponent to win much faster, some stages even feature stage transitions, if you knock your opponent out of the ring, and also featuring stage-specific attacks, for extra damage.

With that being said, It also features each characters Transformations, including Super Saiyan forms (For Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks etc), Perfect form for Cell and the Majin form for Vegeta.

the first two games also feature what if characters, such as Cell if he absorbed Krillin, Tiencha (a fusion between Tien and Yamcha), and Gokule (a potaro fusion between Goku and Hercule (Mr.The character roster in the games are pretty good, that gets bigger and bigger after each installment, with Budokai 1 features characters from the Saiyan to the Cell Saga, Budokai 2 adding in characters from the Buu Saga and Budokai 3 also includes characters from the movies, and even characters from the Original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT, This includes but not limited to characters like: Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Gohan, Cell, Frieza, Majin Buu, Android 18, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and many more.Shin Budokai and its sequel also look impressive even for a PSP game.Great graphics that get better and better by each installment, the GameCube version of Budokai 1 improves from the original PS2 version due to using Cel-Shading which would later be carried in all the other DBZ games following it, In addition with its cel-shading, it makes the art style of the games look closer to the anime series.The games do a good job at staying faithful to both the manga and anime series, by featuring a lot of memorable characters from the franchise, Recreating lots of iconic moments from the anime, and having a story that keeps being faithful to the franchise.

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